The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-10
TIE LOCAL FACTORIES,
Notes OF Interest from NIL tho Vrhe elln
Industrial Concerns.

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Notes OF Interest fr0m NIL tho Vrheelln
| Industrial Concerns.
The Belmont blast furnacs was blown
ont this week.
The Bsllaire bottle wosks has aet four
pots within week. l...
The guide mills have 5eeu off at the
!E.na 10. Two weeks.
The LaBells nail factory has run pretty
eteadily the past week.
All the manufacturing establishments Of
Benwood are running steady.
J. r. Green, labor boss Of the Standard
mill, is in Roanoke, Va, on business.
Fifty.two tons Of pig metal are turned
out daily at the Bsllsire blast furnace.
The G. & P. csruenters will build three
bridges near the Bslsire blast furnace.
The Buckeye glasa works is enjoying a
good run, and will not be affected by the
onccming strike. . Ett =
The cigar factories at Burr's Mills, over
the river, make on an average, 10000
cigars par month.
At recent meeting OF tho miners o;the
dlstrict Just over the river resolution WAS
adopted sboliahing Sabbath work.
The starting OF the Benwood nail works
gives the nailers there better outlook
than they have had for some weeks.
Tho Laughlin mill ID still idle, and the
prospects, for resump mption Of work Gse not
very encouraging before tho new year.
Since coal was eubsiituted for nstural
gas at tho Bellairo ateel works, it is said
the average turning out Of steel has been
grestly redCcod..
Mr.. William Weihe, President OF the
AmalsGma:ed Association, arrived in the
city last evening on tour OF inspection
smcng the various lodges Of the order in
this vicinity.
Tho Top mill forge department is shut
down on account ot the muck gqueezers
being broken the other day. The nail
plate department is on, and the factory
will no doubt resume in few days.
! The Standard Iron Company have made
|arrsngenenta with the Wheeling Natural
Gas Company, by which sufficient gas will
he furnished them Tor the running OF the
cntire mill, thus avoiding the necessity OF
using coal.
Work upon the West Virginia Chinc
Company'a building, in North Wheeling,
has been delayed for day or two on &c.
count Of the scarcity Of brick. Tho main
building is lapldly approaching com ple.
tion and will be under roof in few days.
Tho work Of cleaning up and preparing
the Union g'ass factory is progressing rap.
idly, and the company expects to be ready
to make glees in January. Reporta of Lit.
tie differences now existing between the
stockholders will soon be put IN end to,
by the starting Of tho works.
B ]. Redmond, John A. Redmond, B.
r. Stevenson and Il. ]. Morton, OF Clifton,
W. Va, and L. s. Grant, OF Mddleport,
Ohio, hsve chartered the Hampden
Foundry snd Machine Company, at Gilt
ton, to manufacture stoves, machine work.
&c. The capital stock is $4,000.
The Belmont nail factory for the past
week has been starting up at 2 o'clock P.
n. and running till midnight, an arrange.
ment that had 10 be mato on account of
trouble with the gaB. The mon aro not
pleased with it, but nre content to put up
with it so long as they have work.
Dusinees at the Wheeling hinge factory
is good, and future prospects are encourag-
ing, They are now preparing for the
apring market on garden rakes, and ere
pushing work vigorously. They are pre-
pnred 10 make eVerythingin wrought iron,
and will make g specially OF FIRE escapes.
Owins to an unsatisfactory supply Of
natural gag, the Belmont forge DEPART
| ment does not 20 Oh until 4:3O O'Clock in
the afternoon. The men manage 10 pet
the eight heats that are made, out Of the
way about midnight, This arrangement
has been IL operation for about ten days.
There are building in tho Birmingham,
Ala, dietrict, eleven blast furnscss, with q
combined output OF ebout l,5OO tons per
day. The outpu. Of those now in blast
aggregates nearly 1000 tonA per day.
All the coal mines are preparing to double
their output, and by the time tie new fur.
Races are. ready to 20 into blast will be
putting out twceas much coal as they are
now. ss't,55
| Ono oil tho most succeasful OF Martins
Ferry's industries ia the Novelty mould
works, now closing it's 9th year Of pros.
Iesrity. During the short period these
works have been doing business, its
growth and improvement is surpriaing
even to the most eanguine. The works
arc now filed to owe, flowing with tho
latest improved machinery f:r the exscu.
ton Of fao mould making, and work Is
being nhipped daily to ali poin!u from
California to New York, thus advertising
itsslf md tho city. MIR. George Hipkins
hos Just received from France case Of
hair Iins filea for fne mould Flushing. Mr..
Stephen Hipkius has lately placed In hia
works an improved Skinner engine, to.
gether with eeveral new la!hes. Addi.
t;ana ha1o haon raaIla ixnra tim IN ki.xan